Sharp County record., 1887-09-01
. .,xANsAS STATE NtWS'

49,, County claims to have s1S tns
cainOu ps;',a timber to be found in the osaGe; :
mes, p'P Pose of Eagle township, fu,aSn,
y. :, - nv0 recently took in his first pale Oh
,. otton. Rose is one OF 'ne 'On'
i. am that tills the SOIL os recently
I a stalk of broom corn was eosured
IL awn a IN Little Rock which me meaSue such
u."tr-fve uU%r inches from where vne 1Iauod " uo
a nlress ssncsd It was grown by a coloIea Iea
y y 'ln, snd was worked but once during 'ne
u Jason. aoos have been dis
'a Ing d. lo Ra9dad. Baxter County, mali
20 e 'as, wnnntain Home Blackburn, W asnlng I.
~ ~ n County, mail to Pltkia; cooL l. oir'
'@ 'arcv County, mail to Calf Greek. hu
w. Eueene STANDBY has been Paraomeu ,nDon+hs Js
'a m s'Ss : rovsrnor after spending eight monUnS
y .hs s nenitentiary for grand larceny,
.tancsd from Sebastian County Juuso
wa ve 4tIe who tried him, recommended us
ion don 's,S, because of his age, beng only
g. venteen, and the good character n0 'u'
~ mad before the act ;. H., hoor
as' fter careful consideration IL naa ~ =,
wa 49, a;dsd to have Arkansas represented III
ed' sKansas City (Mo.) Exposition Apou'
'taa csr loads of her fruits, grains, grasses,
tton ~ timber and minerals will be placeu
hrs ~, s~b;hition and every effort made TO
:" mo- her resources fairly before the pupilc'
mo- rhe acorn crop in Cleveland GounUy 80 -
non! mense, and the hog crop nearly equai "
YOU task of eating all the acorns. :, A..
.miy rhsre , is a fine display OF oars III ene
READ ~ s' Rock Exposition. They are from the
seno slls factory, at De ValPs Blum, "nlcn
tail Allied large orders for oars 1or une
and ,nch and English navies' ,
Won ,nlv four Mexican veterans in Arkansas
from untv have vet applied for pensions
can ras m If tbem, DR.. S. NJ. Allen, W. H. Hos
calm. : and Calvin Holloway, were members
ency, Jeff. Davis famous Mississippi regi-
from Mt. The other, John Stark, was WIN
Missourians.
company with $4,000 capital stock
baen organized at Fort Smith to bore
u' De- natural gas and oil, which, it is sup
IRA, q ed. can be found there. The stock
ut yN ders are among the leading business
en,dV of the city. The officers elected are
TT will nv E. Kelly, president; j. Henry Car
10 Wit yice-president; Talbot Stillman, Sec
ses-n ,rv. and George T. Sparks, treasurer.
aeaya he Governor recently pardoned George
hat 10 ,eman. convicted at the August term OF
here l Calhoun Circuit Court for grand lar
lie @l- v. II was case where mere boy by
afd me influence was led to the commission
he act unwittingly, and being OF good
hen yq racter and only technically guilty, the
and ay 70, prosecuting attorney and many
tOoE,i citizens of Calhoun County urged his
IN, yalon.
nose IA aptain Thos. H. Walker, chief of the
:. ting survey of the Southern branch of
thing hSt. Louis, Iron Mountain q Southern
way, has moved his camp three miles
n itm b Of Little Rock, and is making his
belsv slowly but surely to Gurdon. 1t is
ned from him that, unless he gets as
stmop, lnce, it will require twenty months
work to complete the survey.
,iorn :. Will Fatherly, of Little Rock, who
been serving probationary appoint
in the Treasury Department at
hington, passed the critical point re-
url,. Iy, and received his commission with
a 10 ~ highly complimentary remark from
a.s - thief Of bis division: you have been
.es o..m,,, ~ ipt and diligent at your desk and
''''D"'' mastered the duties and require
is of your Office as quickly an intelli-
Ws,s,,ly as any one ever knew"
he tidra curious explapaton is given of the
md slhn OF Ben omlth IN tne southwestern
tcbugh OF Benton County. The Smiths made
ootnV usctice of killing fish in the Illinois
onl cs,y, with giant powder. Two sticks of
~ ,ha, owder had been thrown into a deep
How ,u and after the explosion large fish
to the surface stunned. Young
.o,, osh leaped into the river to catch the
:. . ,-o.hr, As he Struck the water he uttered a
lg with -. ION INV Sam W .no DoUS0",' go a'
OIL" were found rigid in exactly the same
:. ,,,n ion as when he made the plunge, and
iesh along the spinal column was
ened. 1t seems that the water was
- n ly charged with electricity by the ex.
1chr,t,,,n, and that Smith was killed by
Chrid vlt electric shock the instant he
Iar,, led the water.
. me ,usile the Sheriff of Sewer County was
har tuipting to arrest Jesse Harwood few
oresdy ago on the charge of murder he was
dissipstaed by several of the murderer's
, Mms Nls, who began shooting. The sheriff
- rongb ID to get help, and soon returned with
aau A Ert dozen friends. A sharp melee en-.
and Tin which two men were dangerously
III ded. Harwood was captured and
. "a in jail
come w
), .ho bsSlyreat many visitors are ENJOYING
elves on Mount Nebo in Yell County.
.,o,is Sslace Is on boom. Lots are in de-
|, .;ncqr and bringing good price on the
q 90 nst, while ground on the bench can't
ieS ,oS,S hardly at any price.
|, Nine n. Gibson, of Mcpherson Post, G.. A,
;ntapsf Little Rock, has been to st. Louis to
quarters for his post during the
-, s,ssg encampment. He says they are
'" ,hstpg great Preparations to welcome the
d that 49, 80. u,.
q, nA ville, was kicked by mule a few
sn0 ince, and was quite seriously hurt,
an o, reliably stated that cotton worms
POJi appeared in the cotton on the bottom
l Alno Ipnt cr The most damage they can do is
"va ptop crop, and as this has been seri-
81 LA s;d damaged by the drought it is not
u y tnat the worms will cut much fig
ng story Person Of swaOt uonao LUsuo" .
'sS ra rvst ied in Little Rock an ear of popcorn
el nrd ariany Of the grains already popped"
nS .Sos sigB neat OF the sun. This lays in the
thee Hs x or tbs oi si0e5g, ,ne Eggs M Matching in
genero, quo ''A'"eskS'-0ld talking